In September 2017, Bruce Maxwell brought Colin Kaepernick’s protest against police brutality to baseball when he took a knee during the playing of the National Anthem at the Oakland Coliseum.
His A’s teammate, Mark Canha, propped a hand on his shoulder. The clubhouse, Maxwell said in a lengthy conversation with The San Francisco Chronicle’s Susan Slusser, was supportive of the catcher’s protest.
But support never came outside the clubhouse doors. And, after his arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon that November in Scottsdale, Maxwell found himself out of the A’s organization and, this summer, is playing ball in the Mexican League for the Acereros Del Norte.